Dr. Jean Guez PH.D.

My case involved my ex lying to the police about bruises from a fall on his mountain bike and filing a Class 3 Felony Child Endangerment Charge against me. (She told the police that the bruises were from a whipping and coerced an 11-year-old boy to go along with her story). After the charge was accepted, she told my son that I would go to jail for 20 years if he left the school with me or if he walked back to his Dad’s house (we live 2 blocks from each other). She also lied to the school, and even though I had primary custody on file with the school, the school wouldn’t let me leave with my son. My ex continued to keep my son away from me from Easter 2019 through July 2019, when she filed in family court for sole custody citing domestic violence charges. My ex completely alienated me from my son. For the record, my ex lost primary custody on July 1st 2016. My ex did all of this in an effort to get back custody of our child. She didn’t care if she hurt my son, including ruining our planned vacation to Hawaii (August 2nd to August 12th 2019). We had the first temporary custody hearing at the beginning of September, and when I landed in Tokyo on September 16th on a business trip, I received the decision on the temporary orders. The family court enabled my ex to continue with the parental alienation by giving her temporary custody. Dr. Guez was given the responsibility of reunification therapy (between my son and I) and determining how much time I spent with my son between October to December 2019. It took Dr. Guez less than 3 or 4 weeks to figure out the truth about what was happening to both my son and I, as a result of the subterfuge we were subjected to from his mother. Dr. Guez knew that my son’s mother is the angry bear in the room, and that my son did not want to poke the angry bear. Dr. Guez gave me as much time with my son as she could negotiate with my ex, including time during Thanksgiving and a week during Christmas. At the beginning of January, Dr. Guez testified on my behalf during an informal hearing and the Judge granted me expanded visitation with my son. Dr. Guez also testified again in June this year at a formal hearing regarding an emergency motion for sole custody that I filed. Once I received expanded visitation this January (my son knew I wasn’t going to jail for 20 years), and he started running away to my house during his mother’s period of possessions. Now that we have some of the details of my case, I want to focus on this review. Please understand that before I took my son to see Dr. Guez (who the court appointed), my friends and I read her reviews. Dr. Guez had some very unfavorable reviews. I was very concerned about how things would turn out for reunification therapy with Dr. Guez. All of those bad reviews are by people like my ex, who were upset with Dr. Guez finding out the truth. I have a lot of great things to say about Dr. Guez. She is a very smart person and excellent at evaluating people. She is extremely perceptive. I also found her to be extremely concerned about the well-being of my son. Dr. Guez is very good with children. Dr. Guez figured out that my ex always had an agenda, when she brought our child in for a weekly session. Dr. Guez was very compassionate about getting me time with my son during the reunification therapy. Dr. Guez was very good at communicating with me. We had a very good relationship. She is a very easy person to get along with. Dr. Guez also knew how to establish a connection with my son. She would give us ideas about what we could do on our weekend visits, and then planned those activities with us. Dr. Guez also found ways to engage with my son, like showing him videos of a kid doing tricks on his mountain bike. Dr. Guez is a wonderful person. But, most importantly, she is very good at being a psychologist. The family court trusts and respects her professional opinion. I wanted to write a long review for Dr. Guez, because she deserves it. We had the final hearing in August, and the Judge denied my ex’s motion for custody. The 2016 Custody Order was enforced with a few modifications, where my ex spends less time with our son. I’m the primary parent again, and my son is super happy. The last 17 months were very difficult for both my son and myself. Again, this is a mother who lost custody in 2016. And my ex will not suffer any consequences for lying to the police. But, she made our life hell and put my son in the middle of a very stressful situation. My kid had the worse summer during 2019 and missed his trip to Hawaii. I’m glad Dr. Guez was assigned to our case. She knew within 3 to 4 visits exactly what was happening to my son and I. For all those bad reviews of Dr. Guez, let me leave you with this final thought. My ex called Dr. Guez a “bought psychologist” and accused her of siding with me because I paid for most of the sessions. My ex also threatened to report Dr. Guez to the state board and get her medical license revoked. Why did this happen? Because Dr. Guez exposed my ex for what she did to my son and I. I highly recommend Dr. Jean Guez. She is a very good person, and I’m going to miss her. I just hope this review reaches the parents who have been placed in reunification therapy with Dr. Guez. The truth is that my son and I didn’t need reunification therapy. My son needed to be back with me, where he felt safe. After attending a few sessions together with Dr. Guez, we were back to normal – like we were before we both went through 7 months of parental alienation caused by his mother. Unfortunately, the family court requires reunification therapy if a parent has been absent in a child’s life for more than a few months. My son is a completely different kid since I got expanded visitation back in January 2020. He had one of the best summers this year, and was super happy when I won in court this August. Please trust Dr. Guez. She is very good at what she does. You and your child are in very good hands with Dr. Guez.

Dishonest corrupt.